Announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert dems the break week 2020. Candidates gone but not forgotten, except the ones weve forgotten. Tonight, all hail breaks loose. And stephen makes a new lord of the rings trilogy. Plus stephen welcomes senator Kamala Harris, and musical guest, Lady Antebellum. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen hello happy thursday. Please have a seat, everybody. Thank you so much. Welcome, one and all to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. And it is cheers and applause and you can feel the excitement. Everybody is so excited about day five of the live impeachment hearings. Yeah. The witnesses have been compelling. E ated wt the whistleblower said, but the people on the tv say the whole thing has one problem the issue keeps on being kind of complicated for people to follow. Has this gotten too confusing for the American People . T
Announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight all hill breaks loose. And stephen makes a new lord of the rings trilogy. Tonight, stephen welcomes Kamala Harris. And Lady Antebellum. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape at the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen hello happy thursday. Please have a seat, everybody. Thank you so much. Welcome one and all to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. And it is cheers and applause and you can feel the excitement. Everybody is so excited about day five of the live impeachment hearings. cheers and applause yeah. The witnesses have been compelling, theyve corroborated what the whistleblower said, but the people on the say whole thing has one problem the issue keeps on being kind of complicated for people to follow. Has this gotten too confusing for the American People . There are too many names, and too many of you tell me youre too confused. I know that so
Than the total dppped of belgium. Can you imagine how many waffles you could buy with that . I want to tell you that we what do you think about this impeachment . Have you heard about this in the newspapers . I just dont get it, impeachment when the president gets in deep trouble, isnt it more of an impicklement . Im sorry thats Jared Kushner looks like an orthodox swinderman. Whats the deal with this burisma stuff . Like what a jewish kid does when he turns 13. Burisma. So, youre from the ukraine . You crane, i crane, we all crane for ukraine. Wow, tough crowd. Anyway, point is, the thing wasnt my fault. Announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight all breaks loose and stephen makes a new lord of the rings trilogy. Tonight stephen welcomes Kamala Harris and Lady Antebellum, jon batiste and stay human. Live on tape at the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen hello please have a seat, everybody. Thank you so much. Welcome one
Halt. And he can do it using a Senate Protocol that allows for any single senator to block any nomination by placing a hold on it. But thats how Lindsey Graham is able to block all nominees, not why. To understand why graham wants to bring government to a halt, you have to meet Lindsey Grahams primary challenger, South Carolina state senator lee bright. Patrick henry said give me liberty or give me death. Weve got folks in our country thats getting above 50 that say give me liberty or give me a card. Lindsey graham, like john boehner and the House Republicans before him, is threatening to essentially shut down part of the government so he can defend himself from a tea party backlash. Recent polling found only 53 of South Carolina republicans have a favorable view of graham. For some context, grahams unfavorables in the state are 30 points higher than its fellow Senate Republican tim scott. Needing to turn around his numbers, graham is turning back to benghazi. Were just beginning on be
Senate until the survivors are being made available to congress. Im tired of hearing from people on tv and reading about stuff in books. We need to get to the bottom of this. Just 12 days since the government reopened, and Lindsey Graham is promising to bring executive appointments to a halt. And he can do it using a Senate Protocol that allows for any single senator to block any nomination by placing a hold on it. But thats how Lindsey Graham is able to block all nominees, not why. To understand why graham wants to bring government to a halt, you have to meet Lindsey Grahams primary challenger, South Carolina state senator lee bright. Patrick henry said give me liberty or give me death. Weve got folks in our country thats getting above 50 that say give me liberty or give me a whip card. Lindsey graham, like john boehner and the House Republicans before him, is threatening to essentially shut down part of the government so he can defend himself from a tea party backlash. Recent polling